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Jan 12, 2025 | vogue.com | Plum Sykes

“Mountain High,” by Plum Sykes, was originally published in the November 2011 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. Aerin Lauder's new Aspen home is a lesson in luxurious simplicity. Situated near the old Ute Trail among a cluster of aptly named white aspen trees and looking across to staggering views of Aspen Mountain, the ski chalet feels “like a tree house,” she says. “It's cozy, very casual, very family.

Nov 15, 2024 | msn.com | Plum Sykes

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Nov 15, 2024 | architecturaldigest.com | Plum Sykes |Simon Upton |Sara Mathers

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. One of the most romantic town houses in London—the kind that resembles an aristocratic dwelling straight out of a Jane Austen novel—stands solemnly on a sun-dappled corner of Cheyne Walk overlooking the glittering River Thames.

Nov 15, 2024 | yahoo.com | Plum Sykes

Ursula, the family’s Blue Whippet, greets visitors. In the the entrance hall, a 19th-century gilt brass hall lantern from David Bedale hangs above a mid-20th-century French center table from Rose Uniacke. HC10 wing armchair by Humphrey Carrasco. In the drawing room, a pair of early-20th-century red Japanned side chairs flank a late-17th-century Japanned Chinoiserie chest. In the sunroom, a custom sofa wears Pierre Frey’s Mikado print. Avon Braid carpet by Peter Page.

Nov 8, 2024 | libraryjournal.com | Plum Sykes

“The Bottoms,” a group of villages in England’s rural Oxfordshire, has become the place to be for the British nouveau-riche, who have snapped up and renovated the area’s moldering country estates. While their husbands earn fabulous salaries at various jobs in London and beyond, the wives of the newly landed gentry have nothing to do. After dropping the children at school, they compete to throw ostentatious luncheons, buy the most expensive clothing and jewelry, and, of course, gossip.